Chen-Style Tai Chi · Medical Tai Chi · Performance & Competition Tai Chi

Traditional Tai Chi offers holistic benefits for physical, emotional, and mental well-being while awakening a deeper body-mind understanding of the art. Our classes focus on essential principles—relaxation, proper structure, alignment, rooting, and whole-body connection. Students learn forms progressively while understanding the principles behind each movement, rather than simply memorizing a sequence. A strong foundation supports effective practice, body maintenance, deeper internal development, and continued growth in Tai Chi.

Medical Tai Chi integrates traditional Tai Chi principles with TCM concepts to support Qi flow while alleviating Qi stagnation and imbalanced Qi mechanics through carefully designed movements. Our approach is practical, detailed, and systematic, developed through years of study, teaching, and personal experience. Classes focus on practical skills that can be incorporated into daily life to support relaxation, recovery, energy, and the management of various health conditions—helping students stay calm, regain a sense of control, and improve their quality of life.

Performance and competition Tai Chi has a different purpose from Traditional and Medical Tai Chi. It emphasizes physical expression, precision, power, and presentation, and naturally requires greater energy expenditure rather than focusing on energy conservation or replenishment.

For students interested in performance or competition, training focuses on refining form, graceful transitions, movement quality, thematic expression, and cohesive presentation. As an 11-time competition gold medalist and Tai Chi judge, I bring extensive competition experience to help students develop their routines from strong fundamentals to a high level of performance. Students learn not only to perform movements correctly, but to present Tai Chi with clarity, confidence, precision, and character—a significant achievement that can last a lifetime.